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Mandalaband biography
MANDALABAND were a short-lived 70's creation of composer and producer David Rohl. The actual band was short-lived and produced only a single album; however, Rohl would subsequently incorporate the name into a multi-musician theme effort after the original group disbanded. 

Early years 
ANKH recorded tracks in 1968 with support from MINDBENDERS and 10CC vocalist Eric Stewart and under contract to Vertigo Records, but to-date these have never been released. The collaboration with Stewart set the tone for Rohl, whose subsequent efforts would also be marked by the involvement of major names in the British music industry. 

Following the ANKH project Rohl left the music business briefly for a career in photography, where his most notable achievements can be seen inside the gatefold of the MOODY BLUES' 1970 release 'A Question of Balance'. 

Mandalaband 
Rohl returned to music with the formation of MANDALABAND along with drummer Tony Cresswell and Camel Studios session keyboardist Vic Emerson and former FRIENDS members John Stimpson and Ashley Mulford. The group auditioned and signed vocalist David Durant and MANDALABAND was born and promptly signed by Chrysalis Records. 

MANDALABAND undertook touring almost immediately, and by early 1975 found themselves opening for Robin Trower's UK. The band followed the tour with a trip to the studio for their first and only album, for which Chrysalis retained THIN LIZZY and YARDBIRDS producer John Alcock much to the band's chagrin. The theme of the album was centered around the Tibetan resistance movement against Chinese occupation begun after the redistricting of the area following World War II, and still smoldering today. Chrysalis executives were not pleased with the effort and eventually brought Rohl and future TALK TALK engineer Tim Friese-Greene back to the studio to remix the album. John Alcock. The final effort was not particularly well-received thanks largely to its Tibetan lyrics and highly complex and often dissonant musical structures, particularly coming as it did on the wane of popularity for bombastic and obscure progressive epics in the latter 70s. This album was reissued on CD in 1992 by Edsel Records but is not widely available. Rohl left the group shortly after the album's release, and the band eventually reformed around future MIKE & THE MECHANICS vocalist Paul Young and GYRO guitarist Ian Wilson under the name SAD CAFÉ. 


MANDALABAND (AKA MANDALABAND I) 1975

1. Om Mani Padme Hum: 
a) Movement one (7:46) 
b) Movement two (4:34) 
c) Movement three (3:29) 
d) Movement four (4:56) 
2. Determination (5:49) 
3. Song for a king (5:19) 
4. Roof of the world (4:30) 
5. Looking in (4:42)


MANDALABAND II - THE EYE OF WENDOR: PROPHECIES 1978

1. The eye of Wendor (4:47)
2. Florian's song (2:36)
3. Ride to the city (3;25)
4. Almar's tower (1:56)
5. Like the wind (2:42)
6. The tempest (1:03)
7. Dawn of a new day (4:15)
8. Departure from Carthilias (2:37)
9. Elsethea (2:48)
10. Witch of Waldow Wood (4:37)
11. Silesandre (3:29)
12. Aenord's lament (1:52)
13. Funeral of the king (1:33)
14. Coronation of Damien (2:23)


MANDALABAND III - BC: ANCESTORS 2009

1.Ancestors Overture 
2.Eden 
3.Nimrod 
4.Shemsu Har 
5.Karum Kanesh 
6.Babylon 
7.The Sons Of Anak 
8.Aten 
9.Ozymandias 
10.Solomon The Wise 
11.Akhyawa 
12.The Wine Dark Sea 
13.Elissa 
14.Roots


MANDALABAND IV - AD: SANGREAL 2011

1. A Bloodline Born (Medina/Rohl) 
2. Magdalena (Medina/Rohl) 
3. Palatium Britannicum (Mulford/Rohl) 
4. England's Heart and Soul (Rohl) 
5. Sancto Laurent (Mulford/Rohl) 
6. Flight to Osca (Mulford/Rohl) 
7. Visigoths (Rohl) 
8. Saracens (Medina/Rohl) 
9. Al-Andalus (Rohl) 
10. Unholy Orders (Mulford/Rohl) 
11. The Kingdom of Aragon (Medina/Rohl/Spear) 
12. Holy Orders (Rohl/Turner) 
13. Le Perche Val (Mulford/Rohl) 
14. Anfortas Rex (Rohl) 
15. Galadriel [Bonus Track] (Lees) 

The Legend Revealed (The Best of - Bootleg Live)2011
 ( geluid is perfect voor een bootleg )

 
1. Ozymandias 
2. Florians Song 
3. Om Mani Padme Hum Movement Three 
4. Roof of the World 
5. Dawn of a New Day 
6. Looking In 
7. Witch of Waldow Wood 
8. Silesandre 
9. Coronation of Damian 
10. Sancto Laurent 
11. Al-Andalus 
12. Le Perche Val 
13. The Sons Of Anak 
14. Babylon 
15. Elissa 
16. Roots 


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